33 episodes
Worlds Beyond Number Fortunate Horse, Worlds Beyond Number
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4.9 • 247 Ratings
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Brennan Lee Mulligan, Erika Ishii, Aabria Iyengar, and Lou Wilson hang out together and use games to make up stories. It's pretty good.
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The Wizard, the Witch, and the Wild One #1: The Open Door
After a lifetime apart, three childhood friends are drawn back together by circumstance, by command, and by a danger that no one can yet begin to comprehend.
Welcome, to the world of Umora. Welcome, to The Wizard, the Witch, and the Wild One. -
WWW #2: The Naming of Things
The world of Spirit shows its teeth. Not all the chickens make it. Pack your bags and travel light. There's ogres on the road.
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WWW #3: The Charter
Masks off. The world blooms anew with purpose, as our trio take the first few proper steps of their quest. The band is back together, the open road of blue water calls, but what else lies in wait between here and there? Only everything.
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WWW #4: In the Drink
Blood, steel, and fire. Who needs a captain anyway? We do not have to be in community here. Another door opens. Blood, rain, and glass. Are we there yet?
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WWW #5: Water, Water Everywhere
Turns out a fox is good for some things after all. The killer is caught. A volunteer steps forward with a break in the case. A friendship is bent. Another door of vines opens. Another volunteer steps forward. Further down and deeper still, our work is not yet done.
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WWW #6: Fresh Fish
The new kids learn the ropes around Port Talon. Press the flesh, as it were. First impressions are so important. Making new friends is easy. Unless...you don't think someone might try to take advantage of the- no don't even say it. Who would do such a thing. Nobody in Port Talon, that's for sure. Great town. Good schools.
Customer Reviews
Masterful and Enthralling
I came to see what these powerhouses of actual play would put together and I am floored. Their collaborative storytelling is alchemical: creating a story bigger and more felt than I could have imagined. In The WWW, Brennan’s world feels so rich and lived in. His descriptions of external and internal state are so good you can taste them. You feel like there’s always more behind every NPC, location, and situation. Lou, Aabria, and Erika’s PCs are all so complex and interesting and they interact with each other in the flawed, but heartfelt way that real people interact with their loved ones. This combined with the frosting of incredible sound design that somehow gets better every episode! I can’t wait to see how this story unfolds and I hope there are many more stories to follow!
a million roses 🌹
beautifully DMed, performed, and edited. i truly had no idea how badly i needed this podcast until i had it.
I need new vocabulary
I cannot figure out what kind of storytelling this is. I’ve encountered it before, but not often. There has to be a name for it. Whenever I try to describe it to myself, I just end up with “everything.” It’s not that The Wizard, The Witch, and The Wild One is necessarily funnier, or more compelling, or more inventive than my other favourite pieces of media. It’s that…something about it is so human and personal and all-encompassing in a way that is less like narrative and more like living. It’s just…very special. You’ll listen and understand.